week 26

How far along? 26 weeks

Maternity clothes? yes

Sleep: pretty good

Best moment this week: got the nursery painted! progress :) 

Miss anything? a bloody mary, maker's and diet ... still missing those eggs. 

Movement: he stays busy in there!

Food cravings: this week i've been wanting dessert. of course, the healthiest of options ;)

Anything making you queasy or sick: not a lot anymore, knock on wood! 

Gender: BOY!

Labor signs: still a little too early for this question.

Symptoms: growing belly, sore back, sore hips, waddling, the usual! 

Belly button in or out? in

Wedding rings on or off? on

Happy or moody most of the time: been pretty happy the past few weeks! 

Blood sugar: staying steady. lots of insulin, good numbers.

Looking forward to: finishing his room

week 25

How far along? 25 weeks

Maternity clothes? yes

Sleep: i can't complain, pretty good

Best moment this week: we took our last mini-vacation for a while to cancun. it was so relaxing and beautiful! check-up with the OB was good too, the nurse commented on how busy he is. haha, don't i know it!

Miss anything? a bloody mary, maker's and diet ... still missing those eggs. 

Movement: so often; he's so busy! (see best moment question)

Food cravings: nothing crazy this week. 

Anything making you queasy or sick: not a lot anymore, knock on wood! 

Gender: BOY!

Labor signs: still a little too early for this question.

Symptoms: growing belly for sure ... at two check out lines this week i learned i can't lean in close to the credit card reader like i used to. 

Belly button in or out? in

Wedding rings on or off? on

Happy or moody most of the time: depends on who you ask ;) 

Blood sugar: good! using lots of insulin but it's keeping me in a good range! 

Looking forward to: seriously working on his room and getting everything ready. vacation's over, it's planning time! 

week 24

that 4 looks awful. i'm too tired to redo it. oye.

How far along? 24 weeks

Maternity clothes? yes

Sleep: sleeping great this week! 

Best moment this week: feeling and seeing him move, and other people being able to see it - so cool! 

Miss anything? a bloody mary and a maker's and diet.

Movement: every day! he's a little wiggle worm

Food cravings: pizza and mac & cheese

Anything making you queasy or sick: not a lot anymore, knock on wood! 

Gender: BOY!

Labor signs: it's too early for this question.

Symptoms: a growing belly, a wiggly baby ...a sore back, and a developing waddle.

Belly button in or out? in

Wedding rings on or off? on

Happy or moody most of the time: depends on who you ask ;) 

Blood sugar: pretty good ... i see dr awesome tomorrow so we'll see if anything changes insulin-wise. going through a LOT of that these days. 

Looking forward to: an upcoming long, relaxing weekend for my husband and me... and fall! 

week 23

How far along? 23 weeks

Maternity clothes? yes

Sleep: depends on the day. sometimes i sleep all night, sometimes i wake up a time or two ...sometimes i sleep half the night.

Best moment this week: his room is ready for paint and a floor and we got a glider! i've spent lots of time breaking it in :) 

Miss anything? (yes, still runny eggs) a bloody mary... and a maker's and diet. i blame all the end of summer activities with drinking i've been around the past few weekends.

Movement: every day!

Food cravings: pizza and mac & cheese. 

Anything making you queasy or sick: same as usual, just smells sometimes 

Gender: BOY!

Labor signs: it's too early for this question.

Symptoms: a growing belly, a wiggly baby ...a sore back, and a developing waddle.

Belly button in or out? in

Wedding rings on or off? on

Happy or moody most of the time: depends on who you ask ;) 

Blood sugar: been better after dr awesome made some adjustments last week but i have a feeling there might be even more this week. i'm going through a LOT of insulin these days.

Looking forward to: getting his room ready; the fall/winter... the weeks are really flying by now!!